Episode · Lenny's Podcast · 2024-02-04

Lenny Rachitsky & Megan Cook: books mentioned on Lenny's Podcast

Lessons from Atlassian: Launching new products, getting buy-in, and staying ahead of the competition | Megan Cook (head of product, Jira)

3 books · With Megan Cook · Listen · Watch on YouTube

Megan Cook is the head of product for Atlassian’s Jira software, which is used by 75% of Fortune 500 companies, has over 125,000 customers globally, over 15 different products, and is by far the most popular project management tool in the world.

Megan Cook recommended Inspired by Marty Cagan and Scaling People by Claire Hughes Johnson. Lenny Rachitsky criticized Foundation by Isaac Asimov.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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1. 

   Inspired

   Marty Cagan · at 1:10:14

   Inspired by Marty Cagan is a definitive guide to building technology products that customers genuinely love.

   Recommended

   “The one that I send out the most to new PMs especially is just Inspired by Marty Cagan. It holds up really well. It was recommended to me by my first boss and it's just got a bunch of great tips in there.”

   Megan Cook Lessons from Atlassian: Launching new products, getting buy-in, and st… 2024-02-04 Listen at 1:10:14

   Where to get it

   Listen free with an Audible trialAmazon
2. 

   Scaling People

   Claire Hughes Johnson · at 1:10:50

   Scaling People by Claire Hughes Johnson is a practical management and company-building guide written by a former Stripe executive to help leaders navigate everyday organizational challenges.

   Recommended

   “More recently, what I've been sending out for my managers is Scaling People by Claire Hughes Johnson. I think that just came out within the last year actually, but it's just got an incredible amount of really useful tactical things, templates, all sorts of things that you can put into practice.”

   Megan Cook Lessons from Atlassian: Launching new products, getting buy-in, and st… 2024-02-04 Listen at 1:10:50

   Where to get it

   Listen free with an Audible trialAmazon
3. 

   Foundation

   Isaac Asimov · at 1:12:29

   Foundation by Isaac Asimov is a seminal science fiction series that chronicles the collapse and rebirth of a vast galactic empire through the predictive science of psychohistory.

   Critiqued

   “Foundation, that show got ruined for me by reading the books many, many years ago. It was one of my favorite sci-fi trilogy of all time. And then I was so excited for the show and I just is nothing to do with the books basically.”

   Lenny Rachitsky Lessons from Atlassian: Launching new products, getting buy-in, and st… 2024-02-04 Listen at 1:12:29

   Where to get it

   Listen free with an Audible trialAmazon